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Originally posted by DOOMBOT I don't want to stray too far off topic here, but I think in order to keep the music as a whole alive for yourself, you need to go out an exprience it from time to time. Staying in and simply listening and looking for tracks can get boring and I think allows you to lose interest faster. But if you go out and actually experience them in the environment they were meant for and enjoy it with other people, it helps keep a genre or the music in general fresh. I suppose this is why dj's usually tend to play the same style(s) throughout their career because of the reaction they get from the people and the reaction they get from themselves playing it for the people.

Don't you think clubbing can get boring too? It's basically just a better way of listening to a set at home - much cooler sound system and atmosphere, you can dance, there's alcohol, etc. I dunno, many aspects involved. You get the picture though, the thing is... clubbing probably won't get boring as fast as listening to music at home, but it still can, I bet.

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Originally posted by Allied Nations However, same goes with this. If you do this too often you'll get bored just the same. I like to keep a nice medium between going out hearing djs and huntin on the internets for tunes.

Great minds think alike.

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Originally posted by Rainborn Don't you think clubbing can get boring too? It's basically just a better way of listening to a set at home - much cooler sound system and atmosphere, you can dance, there's alcohol, etc. I dunno, many aspects involved. You get the picture though, the thing is... clubbing probably won't get boring as fast as listening to music at home, but it still can, I bet.

Clubbing has never gotten boring for me. But I think I help that by going out and experiencing different dj's and different types of music.

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT Clubbing has never gotten boring for me. But I think I help that by going out and experiencing different dj's and different types of music.

Still, this whole theory can be applied to something as big as music in whole. Music can get boring. But yeah, the more variation, the better.

And let's get back on topic. 2006!

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Originally posted by Allied Nations And let's get back on topic. 2006!

Agreed.

since this seems to be the "right thread" for probably the wrong question, let me ask you something:

i was listening to trance about 2 years ago before it became boring, full of stupid remakes, cheesy and to put it simple for those who know what i mean: trance did not, as it previously always did, bring me to this trancy state of mind where i just move and my brain is empty and after a couple of minutes i have to ask myself where the heck i am - and there were no tunes who made shivers run down my spine. so trance lost its very essence for me ...

thus, i missed 2004 and 2005 - i really did. there were some tunes i can recall from early 04 like matys and marc van linden - am 2 pm ... but that's about it. it's great to hear from other people that i actually did not miss that much.

i was listening to some rock, began playing the guitar etc and now i ended up with trance again.

so what would you recommend me to listen to from 06? you said 06 was a good year with a redefinition of the genre -- could you please tell me in what context and some significant tunes that really stand out for 06 like in 03 when "as the rush comes" blew everything apart.

thanks fellas, much apreciated.

good and bad.

the music i love started becoming huge in 2006. i thought i would like it, but actually there are too much good nights to attend to in clubs, raves, etc...

But still, its a good thing for the music.

THis is always a dispute amongst people. I have to agree that some decent trance has been released this year, just two weeks ago I ordered 11 records, and already I have a list of 8 new ones to order. But I check 6 different online record sites and go through their stuff. Psy def blew up this year, SOOOO many releases its crazy, and some of them are pretty dam good. The whole elctro/minimal/house movement I really havent gotten into. Just alitttle boring for me, respect if you like it or like spinning it, it just not my cup of tea. From the uplfiting trance poitn of view I think there have been some killer releases, Two names that come up instantly Activa and Above and Beyond. Quality tunage all the way with them. From the remix side, ya I thnk a few certain names did one to many remixes but what ever I like some of their normal productions. I noticed that from the electro stuff coming out, I have widened my range from just spinning uplifting trance, to throwing in progressive trance ex. cold harbour label stuff, progressive house, hard house, and hard trance as well. Pretty much my fav producer at the moment is Mark Sherry. Anyway onto the explosion of tech trance this year. Most undoubtly Mac & Mac and SVD added and aided this growth enormously. Though the problem was in my view that people took the way they produced and did a cookie cutter production producing tracks that souned similar in structure. Even SVD I feel rushed to get stuff out just b/c he was in such great demand but produced tracks that weren't all that special. Also with tech there seemed to be a split. Tech with little melody SVd or tech with a melodic aspect, ex John Marks-Do it Again or New Life. I feel John Marks put out some great tunes but then switched over to SVD's style of tech and wasn't really that good.

The Overall scene-Trance is constanly evolving and is changing and there is alto of experimentation. In this past year more electro minimal domianted with an undertone of tech. Probably next year it will be different. It seemed that when a few artists made some decent tracks, whether electro or tech or whatever, people then copied it and started producing the same sound, and this was an unending cycle flooding the trance market with shit. Probably next there will be another unending cycle of music and trance productions from copying off a few successfull tracks that get alot of hype. Still I think there was some great tunes this year, guess if your really love EDM or spinning EDM you'll always be able to out weigh the good from the bad. Just curious what the TE theme song is going to be this year lol.

2006 was the year the word electro lost all meaning.



Hehe. Just kidding. ...kind of.


Really, I've seen 2006 as a year that a lot of electronic music began getting back to basics, kind of taking on more of a grassroots formula again. Part of it has been the emergence of new talent and labels that have avoided falling into over-hyped messed marketing (EDM's overall appeal being much less than it was in years past to the masses certainly helps). A lot of the old guard has been retiring or falling off for folks who've been into the scene for a while, although a few made comebacks as well.

It hasn't been all peaches and cream, mind. The novelty wave of faux-electro house certainly dominated the chedder factories. It should go the way of speed garage by this time next year though.

On the trance side, the biggest pushes appeared in prog psy and neo-trance, both of which seem to be reproducing trance's initial appeal (hypnotic stylee). Heck, even some epic trance producers went for a simpler sound this year, although their arrangements are still predicitble as fuck. We're probably on the verge of a retro trance emergence. I suspect this will be the hot sound of 2007, on all fronts. (prays for the return of acid along with it)

Breaks has been dominated by a lot of dubstep. Didn't pay much attention to that though, so no comment there.

Jungle? Um... Kind of went through the motions this year, I think. I didn't really see much break out in the same way Pendulum's sound did last year.

Hell, it was a better year for dance music than rock music.

Re: 2006 Year In Review: Opinions?

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Originally posted by Cobalt There's been so much good music this year, I don't even know where to start. I can't even listen to it all. The last time I could say that must have been 2001. And it just keeps pouring in. Here's how I see it: In 2006, the walls between techno, progressive, and house were torn down. Trance was even revived from German roots, and tossed into the blender. The sound of this year was both minimal and lyrical, simple yet deep. Take �me or Gabriel Ananda. It was both honest and accessible, glitchy yet groovy. Think Booka Shade or Trentem�ller. Open floodgates have turned the scene into one glorious, indistinguishable mess, where old genre rules no longer apply. We've lowered ourselves to labels with two hyphens, or just shrugging in favor of "good shit". What's a genre whore like me to do? Listen, I guess. Many people predicted that 2006 would be a year of change in dance music, and they were right. Things were already moving in the summer of 2005, but I didn't expect it to unfold as brilliantly has it has. For once, I don't have a clue what things will look like a year from now. What's your take on the year?

Beautiful post.. and i think anyone who embraced the change with a shred of credibility will agree with you.

2006 - definitely the walls came down a touch... for every DJ/artist that is making music with more varibility than 2004/5 though, i feel there is a sort of opposite movement, to guys (TYAS) who are just shovelling us shit, boring, uninspired crap, churning out the same production over and over.

Hopefully in 2007, these guys will lost the hype they have been unfairly given this year, just for having a regular output.

Didn't really keep up with things this year, been far too busy with other, personal, stuff. Didn't catch that many parties either, apart from the obvious summer festivals (and seeing Vath and Galuzzi this Friday).

Really intend to do better next year because I'm too young for rock..

Genre-wise, it's been a toss up between techno and progressive, and it'll probably end up like that next year as well.

agree with a prrevious post - definatly been the year that dubstep has come through strongly.

another great year for house and dnb, trance has had a shitter.

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Originally posted by D-res 2006 for me was the transition year from listening to predominantly Trance to House in my daily musical spectrum and even more specifically the transition from Electro house earlier in the year to a more progressive sound now at the end.

Same here.

Something that has occured to me is that most of what I liked and explored this year, young and old, seemed completely at odds with what was actually enjoying prosperity. Prog psy? Didn't grab me. Dubstep? Wasn't interested. The techno revolution? Meh. And so on.

I don't think I really connected with any of the trends or blossoms this year. There was nothing I felt I could follow and reap consistent results from. I found plenty of good stuff, new and old, but if I look at the records I enjoyed this year, none of them seem remotely connected.

2006 = awesome

Deejayed every other weekend at local clubs and house parties

bought a ton of new equipment and music

started producing seriously

took a classes on signal processing, additive and fm synthesis and studio recording at my university in addition to what i'm doing in architecture.

tackled ableton, now using with a mixer (soon a djm800) korg kontrol49 and wacom tablet as midi controllers live

started mixing video at parties using resolume at the same time as ableton or vinyl

doubled the size of the group i organized in my area, the electronic music collective, which organizes parties and unites the scene locally.

style has become what i can only describe as dark, deep, somewhat melodic, tribal, tech, slightly chilled.

made it out to see Carl Cox, Pvd, Sander K, John Digweed, Hernan Cattaneo, Darude, Dallas Superstars, Benny Benassi, DJ Hype, Paul Oakenfold twice, Armin twice, Ferry Corsten, Lee Burridge, Josh Gabriel, et al.

spent the summer in brazil


crazed

GOOD trance this year was hard to find... Actually "best of the year" quality tracks in any genre have been minimal this year... 2006 hasn't really been a great year IMO, quite boring actually, but with some highlights.

What the hell is dubstep, and where can I listen a bit of it?

Grew tired of ASOT for real this year Been listening to music from all over the place genre wise (not so much trance though) and it really has kept me satisfied. Also discovered the DJ Promotion section and that has really opened my eyes for new stuff. Can't wait to see what 2007 will bring us.

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Originally posted by paranoik0 What the hell is dubstep, and where can I listen a bit of it?

Search for Digital Mystikz, Vex'd, Loefah and Skream on Juno. I'd suggest getting high quality mp3s and to play them on proper speakers + subwoofer, or else it won't be as enjoyable.

2006 it all went back to basics.

spent the first half of the year quite depressed about the state of trance. took a couple months off and listened to random shit.

some of the minimal basically is oldskool trance (and its farken wikkid) but for me right now, i am totally pwned by some of the prog psy stuff going around.

as this year ends i have come to the realisation that i have to give up playing kiddie trance just for gigs.

also began production, got to support some big names and play at some of melbs best events.

got smashed a little too often

kool year.

next one will be even better

I'll have to agree with Allied Nations, there is plenty of incredible artists on these forums from both production and djing - I've downloaded many mixes and most of them are outstanding. I hope that 2007 brings the same if not more mixes that we've seen this year.

As for next year I hope to make more quality mixes that people enjoy listening to, and to also get stuck into the production side of Trance.

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Originally posted by paranoik0 What the hell is dubstep, and where can I listen a bit of it?

Sand Leaper - Brief winter blues session with even a bit of 411 on the 2nd page.


2006: I found myself tiring of all the minimal techy glitchyness that I so much yearned for and bombarded myself with. So now, as I enter 2007, it's all about ripe fullness and soundscapes. If I can't find it in the EDM scene... it's back to Zeppelin, Buckley, Pulp and Morrison.

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Originally posted by trancepunkk just so u know, dirty south is one person anywayyyy....i have really hated this massive rise in cheesy electro tunes this year (dunno about you guys but it has become immensely popular in aus) and their hasnt been that much happening in terms of trance, if it werent for above and beyond, bt and svd the music this year for trance would have sucked...

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thanx for the clarification.

the cheesy electro tunes are popular all over the world now , thats why , if you go to clubs with people just going out to dance , you will see it is the best sound that keeps people dancing .I am not talking about people who have a good knowledge in edm , just the majority of clubbers , its the in sound right now , i like some of it , but the rest is pure cheese , i agree.

However , i think there has been alot of good trance this year , besides above and beyond and svd , check out kamil polner , optik , aurosonic , alex monakhov , oh .. just look at my previous post , lol.

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